Eua (Nesanassa) expansa (Pease, 1871)

Original Description:
Partula expansaPease, W.H. 1871. Descriptions of new species of land shells. American Journal of Conchology. 7(1):26, pl. 9, fig. 3.

Synonyms: (Synonyms listed are only those used with reference to the Samoan fauna according to Cowie, 1998.)
Partula extensaPease, W.H. 1871. Catalogue of the land-shells inhabiting Polynesia, with remarks on their synonymy, distribution, and variation, and descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871:473.
Remarks:Considered an error for expansa Pease by Pilsbry (1909b: 270) and Richardson (1990: 3).

Type Specimen(s):Holotype ANSP 59841 (Baker, 1963b: 205) [ANSP 59453, error (Johnson, 1994: 12)].
Type Locality:In Insula Tutuila [error].
Distribution:Samoa.


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